Toan Tran-Phu and Alix de Monts Tabbed US Sailors of the Week

Apr 15, 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior captain and
skipper Toan Tran-Phu and freshman crew Alix de Monts were named
U.S. Sailing's College Sailors of the Week for their outstanding
performance in this past weekend's Longfellow Bridge Invitational
at Harvard University. Tran-Phu and de Monts waved off winds
ranging from 7-20 knots to win the 'B' circuit as the Engineers
placed second overall to Boston College.

Tran-Phu, who hails from Cary, N.C., had sailed only a few times
before joining the MIT squad as a freshman. Embraced as an
excellent teacher of the sport, Tran-Phu has spent time sailing
with all of MIT's top crews. de Monts, of Los Altos, Calif., a
member of the Engineers' women's soccer team, joined the squad this
spring and has raced with Tran-Phu since the beginning of March.

With a score of 49, Tran-Phu and de Monts, finished in the top
five in all but three of the 13 races and won five rounds in last
weekend's event.